Anyone else pick up the new Verizon DROID?

Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat

Very Very good argument! I have to agree with you on the fact that mac's are simple to use. But they also include a lot of cool stuff. Like there iphoto has built in face recognition that automatically looks at your photos and adds photos with peoples faces into their own little folder. Let's not forget about itunes and how that made music organizing very nice and simple to find whatever you wanted. Yes they did make things simple but in today's society with people wanting things to not only work but be fast and reliable. Microsoft shoots themselves in the foot every chance they can. They tinker with stuff and move stuff around just to do it. I mean honestly from the change from XP to vists it took me 5 minutes to change my control panel to the old style. Also Office I mean come one I am certified in Office but the new one made me feel like a complete moron and could not find the things that I was looking for. That is how they lose people. They mess with stuff just to fiddle. But yes I agree with what you are saying. I will also say that it is very scary that we are getting this mobile. +1 for you.

Originally Posted by molamann

Anyways, back on topic. I found my first con with the DROID. The phone's camera is less than impressive imo. Maybe it's just the lack of light(apartment parking lot) and the pictures came out terrible.

Originally Posted by MightyBobo

Touche, you got me there - I know I couldnt use my old Sprint phone over there, and it bugged me when my friends Cricket phone did haha.

You a new customer, or are you with Verizon already w/ a new every 2 thats good?

Originally Posted by molamann

Why the hell would Apple include bootcamp in the computers? Also, the amount of apps are obviously going to grow as time passes. I mean the phone has been out for like what? 5 days now?

While we're offtopic, I have to agree with Mightybobo. I hate Microsoft more than the next guy but the fact that Apple has manipulated the masses with dirty marketing and pretty/cute packaging really pisses me off. In addition, it doesn't help that most of the Apple fanboys I come across are the biggest computer idiots I've ever met. For example, my roommate is one of these Apple fanboys and it's just absolutely hilarious that he runs bootcamp(WinXP) at all times. So basically he paid 2-3x more than me even though I have better hardware and essentially the same OS. Scratch that, he DOES have the pretty pearl white shell. Not only that we occasionally engage in Mac vs PC discussion every time he reads an Apple article and pretty much regurgitates it back to me in the most nonsensical way possible due to his lack of computer terms.

Anyways, back on topic. I found my first con with the DROID. The phone's camera is less than impressive imo. Maybe it's just the lack of light(apartment parking lot) and the pictures came out terrible.

Originally Posted by kdo2milger

ive been with verizon since 04

ya i got the new every two and it gives me the droid for 149...is that a good deal

Originally Posted by MightyBobo

This is all very true, and I appreciate Apple doing a lot of outside-the-box thinking. Unfortunately it always looks bad on the PC world to grab the really neato stuff and cram it into their own things, but in reality, I dont doubt that other companies are trying to develop similar things - maybe their execution is just different or not as well received as Apples is.

Like I said, Apple is masterful at finding ways of making tech stuff "cool", and for ANY tech geek, this a GOOD thing. Just because I don't USE them doesn't mean I cant give them props for doing some stuff well lol.

The new Office threw a lot of people for a loop by the way haha...no need to feel bad about that.

Originally Posted by kdo2milger

ill look into it tomorrow when im sober

Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat

Well that is the thing, I am a mac user BUT not an idiot. I built my first computer at age 8 and been self taught and now going to school for it. I love being able to diagnose problems and fix them, that is fun for me. But the face that I use and love macs does not make me an idiot but I do understand where you are coming from.